[Chapter-delegates] ISOC fact sheets for ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA)

[Bill Graham]

Dear Chapter Delegates,

I wanted to let you know that we have prepared a letter from ISOC to  
WTSA delegates and three Fact Sheets that will also be submitted to  
the Assembly.  Most of this material is now posted to the ISOC web  
site linked through from the front page news headlines.  We have  
translations into other languages under way now, which will also link  
from the site.  You may know people from your governments or other  
organizations who are also going to be involved in WTSA, so please  
feel free to circulate this information to others who may find it  
useful.

The opening page is a note to ISOC members explaining briefly what the  
WTSA is, what ISOC is hoping to accomplish, and suggests what you  
might be able to do to help.  The link to the fact sheets is at the  
bottom of that opening page statement.

The Fact Sheets are on the following topics:

-- Internet Standards
-- IPv6 Implementation

One more piece will be posted tomorrow.  As you are probably aware,  
for some time we have been using a powerpoint slide showing the  
Internet model -- the interrelations among the major bodies that make  
up the Internet's standards and governance mechanisms.  We have a new,  
graphic representation that updates and clarifies some things that  
weren't working so well in the original version.  I expect that will  
be posted on the site tomorrow, and hope you will take a look at it.   
We are posting a simplified version for the purposes of WTSA, and a  
more complete, detailed version will be completed soon.

ISOC's participation in the WTSA, and in the Global Standards  
Symposium on October 20, mark a new level of engagement with the ITU  
standardization sector.  We hope our being on site to talk directly to  
delegates and these Fact Sheets will prove to be useful.  I think the  
Fact Sheets will have lasting value for use in a number of forums, and  
so I'd be happy to hear your comments so they can be improved for  
future use.

Regards

Bill

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Bill Graham
Global Strategic Engagement
The Internet Society
graham at isoc.org
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